Mega Desktop App (MEGAsync)

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2021-08-21
ColForbin

Mega Desktop App (MEGAsync)

I've searched the forums, and read a couple of archived threads concerning dependency issues, when attempting to install megasync.

I stumbled onto a solution that may help others. Mega maintains a version of megasync for Debian Testing. You can find it here:

https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_testing/amd64/

Browsing one directory up from there, you'll find source files, which could possibly be used to compile a 32bit version, but that's beyond the scope of this how-to (or I could simply be wrong).

Once you've downloaded the megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb package (or whichever version is current when you're reading this), you can use dpkg to install.

Code:

dpkg -i megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb

Then,

Code:

apt -f install
2021-09-19
TommyTheTester

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColForbin

I've searched the forums, and read a couple of archived threads concerning dependency issues, when attempting to install megasync.

I stumbled onto a solution that may help others. Mega maintains a version of megasync for Debian Testing. You can find it here:

https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_testing/amd64/

Browsing one directory up from there, you'll find source files, which could possibly be used to compile a 32bit version, but that's beyond the scope of this how-to (or I could simply be wrong).

Once you've downloaded the megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb package (or whichever version is current when you're reading this), you can use dpkg to install.

Code:

dpkg -i megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb

Then,

Code:

apt -f install

I don't know what MegaSync is but it sounded interesting so I wanted to have a go at installing it. I downloaded it and was looking forward to seeing what it was, however, my anticipation was short-lived when Terminal returned the following:

┌──(root��kali)-[/home/tommy/Downloads]
└─# dpkg -i megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: cannot access archive 'megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb': No such file or directory

Do you know why it does this and how to fix it?

Thanks

~ Tommy
2022-03-13
ColForbin

Here is an updated method of installing MEGAsync, the proper way:

First, we need to download and "unpack" the ascii-armored signing key from Mega's server, and install it to our keyrings directory.

In a terminal, issue the following command:

Code:

wget --inet4-only -O- https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/megasync-archive-keyring.gpg

Then, we create a file, separate from Kali's sources.list file, containing Mega's repository (adjust for the architecture of your system):

Code:

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/megasync-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list

Next, we update our package lists, install any outstanding updates, and remove packages no longer required:

Code:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove

Finally, we can install MEGAsync:

Code:

sudo apt install megasync

If you're using GNOME as your desktop environment, you can now integrate MEGA into the Nautilus file manager via:

Code:

sudo apt install nautilus-megasync

Similarly, if you're using the default Xfce desktop environment, you can now integrate MEGA into the Thunar file manager with:

Code:

sudo apt install thunar-megasync
2022-04-27
mollyvaynerchuck

Is the MegaSync desktop app safe?